Chapter 332: The Past
Feeling like her mother misunderstood the situation, she quickly corrected, "No, it’s not like that. It’s just a hypothetical situation. Would it help if I said I was asking on behalf of a classmate? She said she was raped and feared her boyfriend would hate her. Do you think he would?"
Shen Xi looked up at her mother expectantly.
Lu Shan was taken aback. A possibility formed in her mind when she remembered what Shen Xi had said about Jiang Xue owing a debt. Could those loan sharks have foisted that debt on Shen Xi? Panicking, Lu Shan pressed for an answer, "Xixi, you... You aren’t talking about yourself, are you?"
"No, no! I’m not," Shen Xi denied in an instant.
Lu Shan remained skeptical. She took a deep breath and said to Shen Xi, "Xixi, tell me the truth. Is someone blackmailing you?"
Shen Xi was at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond to Lu Shan’s abrupt question.
Yes, a few had bullied her, but that had been in her past life. Shen Xi nearly spilled the beans, only catching herself at the last minute. No. It would not do for her to dwell on the past. What happened in her past life would remain as it was: a bad dream that would have no bearing on the present.
Studying her mother’s expression, which seemed to grow more frantic by the second, Shen Xi wrapped her arms around Lu Shan and said, "Don’t worry; it’s not me who is in trouble. I don’t know how else to reassure you except that I’m telling the truth. I’ve never been bullied before - I haven’t."